2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E explained

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus and Iceland.

The group winners, Switzerland, qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Iceland placed among the eight best runners-up and advanced to the play-offs, where they were drawn to play home-and-away matches against Croatia.[1] However, they failed to qualify for the World Cup after drawing the first match and losing the second.

Standings

Matches

A meeting was held in Zürich, Switzerland, on 22 November 2011 to determine the schedule. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the fixtures, which were then determined by a random draw at the conclusion of the meeting.[2]

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Discipline

PosPlayerCountrySuspended for match(es)Reason
DF 4 1 vs Albania (16 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
MF 2 1 vs Albania (11 September 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF 2 1 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF 1 1 vs Albania (12 October 2012) Sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match
DF 4 0 vs Albania (22 March 2013)
vs Slovenia (11 October 2013)
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW 3 0 vs Slovenia (12 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 3 0 vs Switzerland (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
FW 2 0 vs Iceland (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 2 0 vs Norway (16 October 2012) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 3 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 2 0 vs Slovenia (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Iceland (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 3 0 vs Iceland (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Albania (22 March 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 3 0 vs Slovenia (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 4 0 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Norway (7 June 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 3 0 vs Slovenia (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Iceland (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 2 0 vs Norway (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Norway (6 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 3 0 vs Slovenia (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Cyprus (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Iceland (10 September 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
MF 2 0 vs Albania (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches
DF 2 0 vs Slovenia (15 October 2013) Booked in two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches

Attendances

TeamHighestLowestAverage
15,600 8,200 11,240
2,493 342 1,439
9,768 8,352 9,091
16,631 6,796 11,420
30,712 16,500 22,425
13,843 6,500 10,487

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures – European Zone . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921174920/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/23/2014fwc%5fdrawprocedures%5feurope%5fen.pdf . dead . 21 September 2011 . FIFA . 29 July 2011 . 23 January 2012.
  2. News: Po žrebu najprej s Švico in Norveško. After the draw – first Switzerland and Norway . 22 November 2011. nzs.si. sl. 22 November 2011.